Lewis & Clark College

TFRRS BIO PAGE: https://www.tfrrs.org/athletes/7888558/Lewis__Clark/Riley_Buese

2024 Awards 
 
2024-25 College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-American: First Team 

USTFCCCA: All-American (17^th Place)
 
U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic Athlete

2024-25 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
 
Region X: All-Region (2^nd Place)
 
Northwest Conference Women's Outstanding Runner of the Year 
 
Northwest Conference First Team All-Conference
 
United State Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Division III Women's Athlete of the Week: September 17 

2025 Lewis & Clark ELCYs: Lois Smithwick (Women's Athlete of the Year) Award 

2025: Lewis & Clark ELCYs: Judy McMullen (Women's Student-Athlete of the Year) Award - Gold Medal

Northwest Conference Sportsmanship Team

2025 Northwest Conference Scholar-Athlete 

2024 TIMES (FASTEST TIMES LISTED) 
 
6K: 21:00.6 (NCAA Division III West Region Cross Country Championships 11/16) – 1^st in Program History
 
5K: 17:58.7 (Ash Creek Collegiate Invite 9/13)

• Put together the best season of her collegiate career 
• Earned All-American honors for the second-straight season by tying her own program-record high finish by placing 17^th at Nationals 
• Led Lewis & Clark in all eight races she competed in 
• Earned a career-high three first-place finishes: Ash Creek XC Festival (out of 61), L&C Invite (out of 52) and the Northwest Conference Championship (out of 76) 
• Finished in the top-20 in all eight of her races and the top-six in her first seven races 
• Placed sixth out of 389 runners at D3 Pre Nationals on October 4
• Won her second-straight NWC Championship Title to become the first runner in program history to win multiple NWC Cross Country Championships
• Finished the NWC Championship Meet in 21:16.6, to end the race 34.2 seconds ahead of the second-place finisher
• Broke the program-record and beat her PR by 16 seconds at NCAA DIII Regionals, when she crossed the finish line on her home course in 21:00.6 at Milo McIver State Park on November 16 
• Named the Northwest Conference Student-Athlete of the Week four times 

2023 Awards 
 
USTFCCCA: All-American (17th place)

2023-24 College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-American: Second Team 

U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic Athlete
 
Region X: All-Region 

Northwest Conference Women's Outstanding Runner of the Year 
 
Northwest Conference First Team All-Conference

2024 Lewis & Clark ELCYs: Lois Smithwick (Women's Athlete of the Year) Award 

2024: Lewis & Clark ELCYs: Judy McMullen (Women's Student-Athlete of the Year) Award - Silver Medal
 
2023 TIMES (FASTEST TIMES LISTED) 
 
6K: 21:21.8 (Dellinger Invitational 9/22) – 3^rd in Program History 
 
5K: 17:53.1 (Ash Creek Collegiate Meet 9/8) – 2^nd in Program History

• Delivered one of the best seasons in program history as a junior 
• Earned the first All-American honors of her collegiate career 
• Led Lewis & Clark in all five races she competed in 
• Finished in the top-15 in four races, including individual finishes of first, second and sixth overall 
• Ran the fastest time in program history (21:25.0) to post the highest finish by a Lewis & Clark women’s cross country (17^th place) at an NCAA DIII National Cross Country Championship Meet 
• Became the fourth runner in program history to win the Northwest Conference Individual Title (21:31.7) 
• Recorded the biggest winning margin by a Pioneer individual champion at NWCs (15.2 seconds) 
• Posted the best finish by a Pioneer women’s runner at Regionals (sixth place) since 2011 with a final time of 22:11.3 
• Opened her season by placing second overall at the Ash Creek Collegiate Invite, by running the second-fastest 5K time in program history (17:53.1) 

2022 Awards 
 
U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic Athlete
 
Region X: All-Region 
 
Northwest Conference First Team All-Conference

2023 Lewis & Clark ELCYs: Lois Smithwick (Women's Athlete of the Year) Award 
 
2022 TIMES (FASTEST TIMES LISTED) 
 
6K: 21:41.5 (NWC Championship Meet 10/29) – 6^th in Program History 
 
5K: 18:44.2 (Ash Creek Collegiate Meet 9/16) – 11^th in Program history

• Built off her strong freshman campaign to put together an even better sophomore campaign 
• Became the first Pioneer runner on the women’s team to compete at the NCAA Division III Championship Meet since 2013
• Earned All-Region and All-Conference honors for the second-straight season 
• Finished the National Championship Meet in 165^th place with a time of 23:55.6
• Posted the fastest time on the team in all six races she competed in 
• Ran a career-best time of 21:41.5 (6K) at the NWC Championship Meet on October 29 to finish third overall and help the Pioneers place second as a team 
• Finished the NCAA Regional Championship Meet in 14^th place (22:19.4) to earn All-Region accolades 
• Ranks sixth in program history over 6K and 11^th over 5K 

As a Freshman (2021-22): Named to the Northwest Conference All-Conference and West All-Region Teams … Competed in six races in her freshman campaign … Earned the best finish on the team in all six of her races … Finished in the top-23 of all six of her races and the top-five twice … Made her collegiate debut on September 1, when she led the team with a time of 19:11.5 over the 4.7K L&C Opener course … Recorded a fifth-place finish at the PLU Invitational, when she crossed the line in 23:03.80 … Registered a season-best time of 22:22.2 at the L&C Invite on October 16 … Finished fourth overall and second amongst all freshman at the Northwest Conference Cross Country Championship Meet (23:31.7) … Led the team and finished 20^th overall at the West Region Cross Country Championship (23:04.0) … Posted the 11^th fastest-time in program history over 6K.

At Lewis & Clark: Member of the Pre-Health Professions Club and the track & field team. 

Prior to the Pios: Academic All-State First Team.

Why Lewis & Clark?: I chose Lewis & Clark for the chance to experience athletics at a collegiate level while still getting the opportunity to explore other aspects of college life.